Yeah one of my friend's boyfriends got a minority scholarship because his family was on the roles. But he was the whitest white boy you could imagine. His family was very affluent (for Oklahoma), they were completely disconnected from their tribe and its traditions and he was even afraid of black people a little bit.

I thought, "Somehow you're not the sort of person I imagine this scholarship was designed to help."

But it's true, keeping up the traditions was frowned on, for sure. Now, it's like a tourist attraction. Although, I have to say Red Earth festival could be an excuse to write off an OK trip. But perhaps I could do a really good story on Indian assimilation!